The late night comedy shows kicked off 2026 on Monday by talking about the big news of Nicolas Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces on Saturday in Venezuela. According to the liberal quintet, the most obvious motivations for President Trump to order such a move were to distract from the Epstein files and because Trump did not like Maduro’s dance moves.
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After a video, Colbert moved on. NBC’s Seth Meyers at least gave more context on Late Night when he introduced a clip of Fox News’s Aishah Hasnie by sarcastically claimed, “I’m just kidding, I don't actually think the president of the United States started a war over a foreign leader’s dance moves. That is absurd.”
In the video, Hasnie elaborated that the dance moves were seen as a sign that Maduro wasn’t taking talks seriously and was trying to call Trump’s bluff, not that the dance moves themselves led to the operation.
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